But yeah, I didn’t buy it, though I wish I could have. I was wondering, though, did anyone here happen to pick it up? Or was anyone aware of this particular sale and has any idea whether a fan restoration of it could be taking place?

Or, also, has a different open-matte 35mm film reel of Spider-Man (2002) been purchased by a community member here with the intention of a HD open-matte fanres release?

Either way, yeah, it could be bought and scanned for a nice Open Matte preservation. Was also playing with the idea, think I might have even pitched it to a few people, but there wasn’t much interest. Actually, none.

While the 35mm prints of Spider-Man 2 and 3 should have a larger image than the widescreen home video counterparts, they won’t contain the full camera image as Spider-Man 1 does. This is because Spider-Man 1 was a flat print which used the full 4-perf height from the negative, while SM-2 and 3 were printed anamorphic.